WO2001067874A2 - Method and apparatus for precrimping a sausage strand - Google Patents
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- WO2001067874A2 WO2001067874A2 PCT/US2001/006576 US0106576W WO0167874A2 WO 2001067874 A2 WO2001067874 A2 WO 2001067874A2 US 0106576 W US0106576 W US 0106576W WO 0167874 A2 WO0167874 A2 WO 0167874A2
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A22—BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
- A22C—PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH
- A22C11/00—Sausage making ; Apparatus for handling or conveying sausage products during manufacture
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A22—BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
- A22C—PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH
- A22C11/00—Sausage making ; Apparatus for handling or conveying sausage products during manufacture
- A22C11/10—Apparatus for twisting or linking sausages
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A22—BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
- A22C—PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH
- A22C11/00—Sausage making ; Apparatus for handling or conveying sausage products during manufacture
- A22C11/006—Separating linked sausages
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- TITLE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRE CRIMPING A
- a method and apparatus for cutting sausages squeezes the meat inside the casing by a crimping wheel to move the meat emulsion away from the linking point to provide sufficient casing to close the ends of the proposed links and to prevent bursting of the casing. This is accomplished by passing the unlinked sausage strand over a crimping wheel to crimp the proposed linking points, reshaping the sausage strand at the linking points, and then subsequently cutting the precrimped link points.
- Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the machine of this invention
- Fig. 2 is an enlarged scale elevational view of the portion of Fig. 1 outlined by the line 2-2
- Fig. 3 is an enlarged scale side elevational view of the crimper wheel
- Fig. 4 is an elevational view of the crimper wheel as seen from the left-hand side of Fig. 3
- Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a crimper element
- Fig. 6 is an enlarged scale sectional view of the crimper wheel and cutting and conveying assembly as viewed from the right-hand side of Fig. 1
- Fig. 7 is an enlarged scale sectional view taken on line 7-7 of Fig.
- Fig. 8 is an enlarged scale perspective view showing the crimping element and its relation to bars on the cutting and conveying assembly
- Fig. 9 is an enlarged scale plan view of Fig. 8 with a sausage strand being compressed
- Fig. 10 is a reduced scale sectional view taken on line 10-10 of Fig. 9.
- the precrimping machine 10 is best shown in Fig. 1, and includes a frame 12 to which is secured a conventional horizontal continuous belt conveyor 14.
- a horizontal shaft 16 is supported by the frame above one end of conveyor 14 and is rigidly secured to wheel 18.
- Shaft 16 is connected to a suitable source of rotational power (not shown).
- Wheel 18 has an outer periphery 20 (Figs. 1 and 6).
- a pair of cam grooves 22 and 24 are formed in the outer periphery 20 of wheel 18.
- the cam grooves are primarily in parallel relationship between the six o'clock and twelve o'clock positions of the wheel 18 as seen in Fig. 1.
- the cam grooves 22 converge towards each other between the twelve o'clock and eight o'clock positions as viewed in Fig. 1 whereupon they extend away from each other between the point of maximum convergence back to their relatively parallel position between the eight o'clock and six o'clock positions as viewed in Fig. 1.
- the purpose of the converging portions of the cam grooves 20 and 24 will be discussed hereafter.
- a plurality of conveying and cutting assemblies 26 are mounted on the outer periphery 20 of wheel 18.
- the assemblies 26 are radially spaced a distance substantially equal to the length of the sausage links to be treated by the machine 10.
- Each assembly 28 has downwardly extending cam elements 28 that extend into the cam grooves 22 and 24.
- the assemblies include a subframe 30, (Fig. 6) which has opposed cutting elements 32 slidably mounted thereon.
- the cutting elements include elongated parallel bars 34 (Figs. 6 and 8) which are slidably positioned with respect to each other (Fig. 8).
- the spacing of the cam grooves 22 and 24 determine the relative positions of the cutting elements 32. As seen in Fig.
- the cutting elements are completely separated in a non-cutting disposition.
- the cam grooves 22 and 24 begin to gradually converge between the twelve o'clock and eight o'clock positions which gradually cause the cam elements 28 to converge and to slide the cutting elements 32 towards each other where the cutting edges 35 are completely superimposed upon each other so as to sever the portion of a sausage strand dwelling therebetween. This takes place at the eight o'clock position. After a sausage strand is cut at the eight o'clock position, the cutting elements begin to separate because the cam grooves 22 and 24 begin to gradually resume their parallel relationship.
- a bracket 36 is pivotally secured to frame 10 and rotatably supports shaft 37 upon which the crimping wheel 38 is mounted (Figs. 1 and 6).
- Crimping wheel 38 includes a pair of parallel spaced plates 40 (Fig. 6) which are fixedly secured to parallel tooth plates 42. As shown in Figs. 4 and 6, the tooth plates 42 create a track 43 for a sausage strand to dwell within.
- a plurality of spaced teeth 44 are an integral part of tooth plates 42 and help define the track 43 for the sausage strand.
- the teeth 44 have spaces 45 therebetween (Fig. 3).
- Crimper elements 46 are rigidly mounted between plates 40 (Figs. 4, 5 and 6). The crimper elements are closely spaced from the bars 34 as indicated by the space 47 shown best in Figs. 6 and 7. The crimper elements have arcuate leading and trailing edges 48, and a center portion 49 (Fig. 10) which cooperates with the bars 34 (Fig. 8) to effect the crimping force on a sausage strand as the crimping elements move over the bars 34 when a sausage strand is positioned within track 43. It should be noted that the crimper elements 46 are located within the spaces 45 in between teeth 44.
- a conventional endless belt conveyor 50 is positioned adjacent frame 12 and has an upper end 52.
- Conveyor 50 serves to move an elongated unlinked strand 54 of sausage material to a location essentially above crimping wheel 38.
- the strand 54 is converted into a plurality of links 56 (Fig. 2) created at linking points 58 (Fig. 6) which are the points of compression in the strand 54 created by the coaction of crimper elements 46 and bars 34 (Figs. 7, 8 and 10).
- the links 56 are cut at the linking points 58 to create a plurality of cut links 60 (Fig. 1).
- a torsion mechanism 62 for adjustably changing the downward pressure on crimping wheel 38 is comprised of a link 64 which is rigidly secured to the shaft 37 supporting the crimping wheel (Fig. 6).
- a second link 66 is coextensive with link 64 and is rigidly secured thereto in any convenient way.
- a resilient but relatively stiff rubber insert 68 is secured in any convenient way to the free end of link 66.
- the rubber insert 68 is inserted within bore 70 of plug 62 and is rigidly secured to the plug 72 by pin 73.
- An arm 74 is rigidly secured to the free end of plug 72 and extends outwardly therefrom to be adjustably secured to frame 12 by adjustable socket 76 mounted on post 78 which in turn is rigidly secured to frame 12 (Fig. 1).
- the adjustable position of arm 74 with respect to post 78 determines the amount of torsion or twist that is applied to the rubber inserts 68 which in turn determines the amount of downward force applied to the shaft 16 and the crimper wheel 38.
- the downward pressure of the crimping wheel 38 can be adjusted in the manner indicated to effect different crimping pressure of the crimping elements 46 on bore 34.
- the conveyor 50 is actuated to cause the unlinked strand 54 of sausage material to be threaded into the track 43 of crimper wheel 38 in a tangential direction as best shown in Fig. 1.
- the strand 54 is then directed between the crimping wheel 38 and one of the conveying and cutting assemblies 26 so that the crimper elements 46 registering with the bars 34 (Figs. 8 and 10) can compress or crimp the sausage strand at a linking point 58 as shown in Figs. 6 and 7.
- the sausage emulsion 80 within casing 82 is relocated to form a substantially rounded end 84 at each side of the linking point 58. This is done without cutting the linking point 58 and without breaking the casing 82.
- the precrimping sets the stage for the linking point to be cut in the manner described above at the eight o'clock position of the wheel 18 as previously described. This avoids the possibility of rupturing the casing during the cutting position which might be the case if the cutting assemblies merely severed a full diameter of sausage strand 54.
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DE60100544T DE60100544T2 (en) | 2000-03-13 | 2001-03-01 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRE-DIVIDING A SAUSAGE STRAND |
BRPI0109171-9A BR0109171B1 (en) | 2000-03-13 | 2001-03-01 | method and apparatus for preforming a sausage strand. |
CA002403078A CA2403078C (en) | 2000-03-13 | 2001-03-01 | Method and apparatus for precrimping a sausage strand |
DK01911213T DK1263293T3 (en) | 2000-03-13 | 2001-03-01 | Method and machine for shrinking a sausage string |
EP01911213A EP1263293B1 (en) | 2000-03-13 | 2001-03-01 | Method and apparatus for precrimping a sausage strand |
AU3872701A AU3872701A (en) | 2000-03-13 | 2001-03-01 | Method and apparatus for precrimping a sausage strand |
AU2001238727A AU2001238727B2 (en) | 2000-03-13 | 2001-03-01 | Method and apparatus for precrimping a sausage strand |
AT01911213T ATE245903T1 (en) | 2000-03-13 | 2001-03-01 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING A STRAND OF SAUSAGE |
JP2001566355A JP3942433B2 (en) | 2000-03-13 | 2001-03-01 | Method and apparatus for pre-ligating sausage strands |
MXPA02008866A MXPA02008866A (en) | 2000-03-13 | 2001-03-01 | Method and apparatus for precrimping a sausage strand. |
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US09/524,229 US6290590B1 (en) | 2000-03-13 | 2000-03-13 | Method and apparatus for precrimping a sausage strand |
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CA (1) | CA2403078C (en) |
DE (1) | DE60100544T2 (en) |
DK (1) | DK1263293T3 (en) |
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